RIDICULOUS
\ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs], \ɹɪdˈɪkjʊləs], \ɹ_ɪ_d_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ə_s]\
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completely devoid of wisdom or good sense; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Ridiculously.
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Ridiculousness.
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Exciting or calculated to excite ridicule; absurdly comical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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